What is the rationale for moving ULS from the personal toolbar to the interlanguage links on some sites? I find this change odd:
* makes location and appearance of ULS inconsistent between sites * personal toolbar seems the conventional place for per-account settings and tools * features it is replacing like WebFonts live in the personal toolbar * interlanguage links are something rather different, taking the user to a wholly different site Pete / the wub On 5 June 2013 20:52, Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattachar...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > Hello, > > The Universal Language Selector (ULS)[1] provides a flexible way to > configure and deliver language settings like interface language, > fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings). It combines the features > of two earlier Mediawiki extensions Narayam[2] and WebFonts[3]. From > June 11, 2013 on, ULS will be made available to all Wikimedia wikis in > 5 phases[4]. > > # Phase 1: In the first phase, ULS will replace the Narayam and > WebFonts extensions on 84 wikis[5]. User preferences from the replaced > extensions will not be preserved. Affected communities will be > informed by the Wikimedia Language Engineering team of the upcoming > change. > > # Phase 2: In the 5 weeks that follow, ULS will be deployed on > Wikipedias in size 11-20, > > # Phase 3: All projects without language versions > > # Phase 4: English language Wikipedia > > # Phase 5: All other wikis > > The ULS can be visible in two ways: > > 1. In the sidebar for wikis with language versions, like Wikipedia, or > 2. In the personal toolbar at the top of wiki pages for wikis without > language versions, like Wikimedia Commons and Meta-Wiki. > > Based on the geographic location of users, the initial set of language > preferences is presented. Users can set the input methods and fonts to > that they want to use. Logged-in users can also change the language > for the MediaWiki menu items. > > ULS is already available on several Wikimedia wikis like Wikimedia > Commons[6] and Meta-Wiki[7]. The beta installation of English > Wikipedia on Wikimedia Labs[8] shows what will be available as the > look and feel. A cog icon is present in the “Languages” section of the > sidebar menu. Clicking the cog icon opens the Language settings panel > that can be used to set the display and input settings. > > Please have a look at the Universal Language Selector feature > description[9] or the Frequently Asked Questions[10] for more detailed > information. > > Thank you. > > regards > Runa > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Narayam > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WebFonts > [4] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UniversalLanguageSelector/Deployment/Planning > [5] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UniversalLanguageSelector/Deployment/Planning#List_of_affected_wikis_.2884.29 > [6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ > [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > [8] http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/ > [9] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector > [10] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/FAQ > > -- > Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator > Wikimedia Foundation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Runab_WMF > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
